AOL

Carrizo Plain celebrates 25 years as a national monument, and it’s throwing a party

The Carrizo Plain has been called California’s Serengeti. That feels like hyperbole. After all there aren’t any lions, leopards or elephants. But it does have pronghorn, kit foxes and blunt-nosed ...

It's time to take a road trip to Carrizo Plain, which still blooms with spring colors

Explore it before the green hills go brown and the education center closes for six months beginning June 1.
Santa Barbara Independent

Wildflower Season Arrived at Carrizo Plain National Monument and Other BLM-managed Public Lands

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. —Wildflowers are blooming in abundance this year in California as the Golden State received ample ...
Los Angeles Times

This iconic wildflower spot can be dazzling. Is it worth the trek from L.A. this year?

Carrizo Plain National Monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County is one of California’s most iconic wildflower viewing areas, but is this year’s display worth the 150-mile drive from L.A.? If you’re ...
ksby

'The scenery is stunning': Rainfall brings flowers, visitors to Carrizo Plain

So far this year, there aren't as many flowers at the Carrizo Plain National Monument according to visitors. But some say the scenery is still beautiful. “We come out here every year for Easter,” ...
KEYT

Celebration honors 25th anniversary of Carrizo Plain National Monument designation

CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (KEYT) - A gathering was held Friday morning to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Carrizo Plain National Monument designation. In January 2001 during his ...
NBC Bay Area

Wildflowers are ethereally arriving at Carrizo Plain National Monument

BREAK OUT ALL THE ART TERMS, from "painterly" to "Impressionist" to "aesthetic" and even "soft focus," and you still may not fully capture the colorful scene that can visit Carrizo Plain National ...
Santa Barbara Independent

BLM Invites the Public to Celebrate Carrizo Plain National Monument’s 25th Anniversary on April 10

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management will host a public celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the Carrizo ...
SanLuisObispo

Wildflowers turn hills yellow behind a full Soda Lake at Carrizo Plain National Monument

Fields of wildflowers are blooming in the Carrizo Plain National Monument, coloring the hills and the shores of a full Soda Lake in swaths of yellow. Fields of wildflowers paint the Temblor Range ...
AOL

California’s wildflower boom is inching closer to a superbloom — see the colors that are exlpoding in the desert

Areas of California’s desert are blooming with an array of colors thanks to the various wildflowers that make up the Golden State’s distinct superbloom. While officials have stopped short of calling ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Oil Company Ordered to Permanently Close Oil Wells, Restore Habitat in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif.― The Bureau of Land Management late Wednesday ordered an oil company to permanently close and remove 11 long-dormant oil wells inside the Carrizo Plain National Monument ...